Excellent news, it appears to be like like Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered arriving as actual factor now you can really play will not be a harbinger of unhealthy occasions for Skyblivion.
The crew behind the huge Oblivion remaster Skyrim modding undertaking has revealed that Bethesda’s been in contact to inform it there’s nothing to fret about, because the writer has no plans to try to take down a mod that is been within the works since lengthy earlier than the official remaster was even rumoured.
“Enormous because of our associates at Bethesda Studios for his or her continued assist of Skyblivion,” the modders wrote in a tweet not lengthy after the official remaster dropped, “As huge followers, we’re past grateful for the beneficiant present of Oblivion Remastered sport keys for our complete modding crew! This implies a lot to us. Thanks for every part,
Bethesda.”
It then added in a reply: “Additionally, to clear up any confusion Bethesda made it clear that they haven’t any intention of shutting down our undertaking.”
By way of Discord, the crew reiterated what it is beforehand mentioned about its personal undertaking in relation to the official remaster: “We’ll proceed to work on Skyblivion and get it in all your arms later this yr. For these of you following us because the starting and to those that might have simply realized about us we will not wait to indicate off extra of our full remake of Oblivion inside the Skyrim engine. There may be room for each the official remaster and our fan-led remake and we – the followers – are the last word winners.”
Cool, it is nice to have this confirmed, even when it appeared seemingly the mod could be okay because it had survived all the way in which till Oblivion Remastered’s launch – in spite of everything, video games aren’t developed in a single day and if Bethesda/Virtuos had needed to do away with Skyblivion for causes associated to the official remaster, it’d haven’t any apparent motive to attend round till now earlier than wheeling out the legal professionals.
Skyblivion undertaking lead Kyle ‘Rebelzize’ Insurgent alluded to precisely that when we spoke to him simply after Oblivion Remastered particulars leaked, saying: “On the finish of the day [Skyblivion] solely exists as a result of Bethesda allowed it, so I suppose if the official remake is actual it is good that we have been nonetheless allowed to exist in any respect.”
So, there you go. You may be a part of the ranks of those playing Oblivion Remastered should you like, or wait for Skyblivion, or play each, or play neither. You management the buttons you press in life.